Global Member Care Volume 1

Kelly O'Donnell

Description

If you are interested in growing as a person and developing your member care skills, then this book is for you. Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice is the latest book from Kelly O’Donnell, launching the member care field further into the international world of mission/aid.
Part One reviews member care history and includes future directions in light of global realities. Part Two examines the crucial area of health/dysfunction with specific suggestions for good relationships, management, and governance. Part Three explores core ethics and human rights principles that are essential for good practice.
Pearls and Perils is a contemporary text for training in universities, seminaries, and mission/aid settings. Its principles and resources also make it a great handbook for sending groups and all those with member care responsibilities.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Growth
• Christian Church

Informations

• Publié par: William Carey Publishing
• Date de parution: 27 juin 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780878089482
• Langue: English

Extrait

The strength of Pearls and Perils is its emphasis on growth and reflection as well as its supportive resources for member care practitioners. It will be another major reference for the member care movement here in the Philippines and in other countries.
-Grace Margaret Alag, MA
programs operations director, Asian Center for Missions, The Philippines
Pearls and Perils is superb. It will be widely welcomed by an increasingly diverse range of workers, trainers, caregivers, and senders at this exciting time, when faith-based organizations are becoming increasingly prominent and strategic.
-Ted Lankester
director of health services, InterHealth, United Kingdom
Dr. O Donnell s engaging writing style will touch your heart and definitely hold your interest. Pearls and Perils is not just for academicians but for all those who care deeply about promoting health within/through the mission/aid sector.
-Ann Yeh, M.A., Ph.D.
student, Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology, United States
Pearl and Perils brings together a wealth of wisdom and resources to address many key issues for us in the Middle East. I really appreciate the materials from different disciplines, international settings, and Scriptures. Thank you for this creative and valuable contribution for us in the mission/aid community.
-Fayez Ishak, LLB
Kasr El Dobarah Evangelical Church, Egypt
As an Africa-based practitioner, I have watched the member care field shift its focus from caring for mission/aid workers from the North who serve the rest of the world to embracing a global call to care for the diversity of workers around the world. Dr. O Donnell s book not only reflects this shift but also helps steer it both emphatically and practically in this global direction.
-Gladys K. Mwiti, Ph.D.
consulting clinical psychologist, founder and CEO, Oasis Africa, Kenya
Pearls and Perils will help us weave member care further in the practical fabric of how we do mission and how we support staff. I greatly appreciate Dr. O Donnell s emphases on new/crucial directions for member care, good governance and management, and human rights and responsibilities. Many thanks.
-JJ Ratnakumar, MBA
general coordinator, Mission Upholders Trust (MUT), India
Dr. O Donnell is a well-known psychologist in the mission and church community. He has contributed significantly to our understanding of the holistic needs of mission/aid workers and humans. In COMIBAM, and throughout the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world, we have benefited greatly from his knowledge and experience. Those serving cross-culturally are able to stay longer, be more productive, and impact more lives. This book takes us deeper and more specifically into the core issues related to member care.
-Decio de Carvalho
executive director, COMIBAM International
Dr. O Donnell once again competently launches us further into the practical realities of doing member care well. He provides an up to date and comprehensive review of organizational and interpersonal support in mission/aid. He also boldly discusses the need to upgrade our approaches to ethics, corruption, management, and leadership plus provides many tools and examples to do so.
-John Fawcett, MSW
international human resources consultant, editor,
Stress and Trauma Handbook , New Zealand
Dr. O Donnell offers a clarion call for good practice in the burgeoning field of global member care. With Christians sent out from nearly all countries to all countries, member care is now a truly global undertaking. The depth of insight Dr. O Donnell provides in his analysis of the past, present, and future of member care shows that he understands this reality.
-Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D.
director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity,
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, United States
Pearls and Perils expands our thinking about member care and provides many resources to address some of the complex and difficult issues in organizational settings. How do we make decisions, how is power handled in organizations, and how do we respond to violations of ethics or codes of conduct? These challenges may shake things up, but they also point a road to follow!
-Cynthia B. Eriksson, Ph.D.
assistant professor, Fuller Theological Seminary,
School of Psychology, United States

Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice
Copyright 2011 by Kelly O Donnell
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise-without prior written permission of the publisher, except brief quotations used in connection with articles and reviews in magazines or newspapers.
Unless otherwise noted, all scripture is taken from the
NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ,
Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
Naomi Bradley-McSwain, copyeditor
Hugh Pindur, graphic design
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Rose Lee-Norman, indexer
Published by
William Carey Library
1605 E. Elizabeth Street
Pasadena, CA 91104 | www.missionbooks.org
William Carey Library is a ministry of the
U.S. Center for World Mission
Pasadena, CA | www.uscwm.org
Digital Ebook Release BP 2014
ISBN: 978-0-87808-864-5
For updates on the Global Member Care series, including new links and resources, visit www.membercareassociates.org .
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
O Donnell, Kelly S.
Global member care : the pearls and perils of good practice / [Kelly O Donnell].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-87808-113-4
1. Missionaries-Supervision of. 2. Personnel management. 3. Missions. 4. Humanitarian assistance. I. Title.
BV2091.O36 2010
266.0068 3-dc22
2010017126
For my special pearls:
Mich le, Erin, Ashling
and the global member care community
Contents
Application
Preface
Introduction: Growing Together in Mission/Aid
Part One:
Resilient People in Difficult Places: Exploring Member Care in Mission/Aid
Chapter 1: Highlighting Member Care History
Historical milestones in the member care field
Perspectives and personal reflections on member care
Chapter 2: Listening to Our Global Voices
First-hand accounts of the challenges of mission/aid workers
Research summaries on the challenges of mission/aid workers
Chapter 3: Embracing Future Directions
Suggestions for supporting mission/aid workers
Member care for and from all people groups
Chapter 4: Resources for Good Practice
Materials for personal and professional growth
Part Two:
Wise as Doves and Innocent as Serpents? Promoting Health in Mission/Aid
Chapter 5: Unmasking Dysfunction
Characteristics of dysfunction
Diagnosis, distortions, and discernment
Chapter 6: Upgrading Relational Resiliency
Perspectives on friendship
Trust shifts and the recreation of trust
Chapter 7: Supporting Good Governance and Good Management
Five areas for organizational health
Principles for managing dysfunction
Chapter 8: Resources for Good Practice
Materials for personal and professional growth
Part Three:
Ethics/Human Rights in Member Care: Developing Guidelines in Mission/Aid
Chapter 9: Encountering Ethical Member Care
Rationale for ethics in member care
Examples of ethics in member care
Chapter 10: Pursuing Trans-Cultural Ethics
Principles for member care workers and sending groups
Rationalizations for ethical mistakes and sub-standards
Chapter 11: Extending the Foundations of Good Practice
The relevance of human rights and moral law in member care
Rights and responsibilities for workers and senders
Chapter 12: Resources for Good Practice
Materials for personal and professional growth
Afterword
References
Endnotes
Index
Application
Part One: Exploring Member Care in Mission/Aid
Chapter 1: Highlighting Member Care History
Health Promoter 1: Managing Virtue and Vice
Box 1. Member Care Flows
Box 2. Changing Flaws into Flows
Chapter 2: Listening to Our Global Voices
Health Promoter 1: Adjustment Issues for Mission/Aid Workers
Health Promoter 2: Short Questionnaire on Stress
Health Promoter 3: Family Adjustment Scenarios
Health Promoter 4: Victorious Faith in the Midst of Persecution
Box 1. Four Examples of Worker Struggles
Box 2. ReMAP I Applications (worker attrition)
Box 3. Other Findings from ReMAP II (worker retention)
Box 4. Research on Mission Workers
Box 5. Research on Humanitarian Aid Workers
Chapter 3: Embracing Future Directions
Health Promoter 1: Doing E2MC Well
Box 1. Member Care Materials Relevant for the A4 Regions
Chapter 4: Resources for Good Practice
Learning to be Safe
CHOPS Adjustment Inventory
Flourishing in Demanding Environments
Self Care and Lifestyle Balance Inventory
Team Feedback Form
Sixty-Plus Books for a Member Care Library
Healing the Body: Part One
Part Two: Promoting Health in Mission/Aid
Chapter 5: Unmasking Dysfunction
Health Promoter 1 (healthy organizations)
Health Promoter 2 (relational reality and relational resilience)
Health Promoter 3 (dysfunctional behaviors)
Health Promoter 4 (confronting dysfunction)
Health Promoter 5 (being duped)
Box 1. Signs of Organizational Dysfunction
Box 2. Four Tasks of Dysfunction
Chapter 6: Upgrading Relational Resiliency
Health Promoter 1 (friendship)
Health Promoter 2 (trust shifts and trust rifts)
Health Promoter 3 (challenges of relational resiliency)
Box 1. Ten Ideas for Recreating Trust
Chapter 7: Supporting Good Governance and Good Management
Health Promoter 1 (organizational culture)
Health Promoter 2 (confronting poisoned water )
Box 1. Resources for Organizational Health
Box 2. Pre-Conflict Checklist
Box 3. Peacemakers Pl